Yu Nan
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Career
Yu Nan started acting at the age of 4, playing role of a little girl with a handkerchief tied to her dress. Later, instead of following her family's advice to study foreign languages and get a university degree, Yu enrolled at the Beijing Film Academy in 1995.[2]
Her feature film debut in Lunar Eclipse (1999) by Wang Quan'an. Her feisty performance as a shy, retiring wife by day and a wild party animal by night won her Best Actress at the Deauville Asian Film Festival. The recognition caught the attention of French producers, who cast her in Rage (2003).[2][3]
She subsequently starred in three more films with Wang Quan'an. Jingzhe (2003) earned her Best Actress accolades at the Golden Rooster Award[4] and Paris International Film Festival in 2003;[5] Tuya's Marriage (2006), the Golden Bear winner at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival,[6] won her the Best Actress prize from the Chicago International Film Festival[7] for her portrayal of a shepherdess who seeks a new husband after her first one falls ill; and Weaving Girl (2009), which won Jury Special Grand prix and the FIPRESCI prize from the 2009 Montreal World Film Festival.[8][9]
Yu Nan has also worked with other major Chinese directors, including Wang Xiaoshuai in In Love We Trust (2008), which won the Best Screenplay Silver Bear prize at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival,[10] Lee Yun-chan's in My DNA Says I Love You and Ning Hao, in his Chinese Western film, No Man's Land (2013).[9][11]
Helped in part by her fluency in Mandarin, French, and English,[12] Yu Nan has played in several international productions, such as the Canadian-Chinese film Diamond Dogs (2007), and the Hollywood films Speed Racer (2008) and The Expendables 2 (2012).[13]
Known for her success in art house films,[14] Yu also starred in commercial films. In Deadly Delicious (2008), she plays a frustrated wife who discovers her husband's extramarital affair and wants him to pay a price for his infidelity;[15] and also starred in Design of Death (2012), playing a mute widow. Yu's most notable work in recent years include Silent Witness (2013) and Wolf Warriors (2015).
Festivals
Yu Nan has served as a jury member at several international film festivals:
- Pusan International Film Festival in 2007[16][17]
- Chicago International Film Festival in 2008
- Golden Rooster Awards in 2009
- Shanghai International Film Festival in 2009[18]
- Berlin International Film Festival in 2010[19]
- Shanghai International Film Festival in 2013[20]
Filmography
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Lunar Eclipse | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Ya Nan | |
| 2003 | Rage | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Chinh | |
| 2004 | Jingzhe | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Ermei | |
| 2006 | Tuya's Marriage | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Tuya | |
| 2007 | My DNA Says I Love You | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Marlene | |
| Diamond Dogs | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Anika | ||
| 2008 | In Love We Trust | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Dong Fan | |
| Deadly Delicious | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Li Chunyan | ||
| Speed Racer | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Horuko Togokahn | ||
| 2009 | Weaving Girl | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Lily | |
| Looking for Jackie | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Director | ||
| 2010 | Wind Blast | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Nora | |
| 2011 | Lost Child | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Zhang Xiaoyue | |
| Sleepless Fashion | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Qi Xi | ||
| 2012 | Design of Death | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Ma Guafu | |
| The Expendables 2 | Script error: No such module "Lang". (Mainland China) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Hong Kong) Script error: No such module "Lang". (Taiwan) |
Maggie Chan | ||
| 2013 | Beloved | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Xui Nin | |
| Feed Me | Script error: No such module "Lang". | A woman | ||
| Silent Witness | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Zhou Li | ||
| Angel Warriors | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Bai Xue | ||
| No Man's Land | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Ye Bali | ||
| 2014 | Beijing Love Story[21] | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Zhang Lei | |
| The Taking of Tiger Mountain | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Ma Qinglian | ||
| 2015 | Wolf Warriors | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Long Xiaoyun | |
| Lovers and Movies | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Ruo Yao | ||
| 2016 | Pleasure. Love. | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Hu Yajie | |
| Blood of Youth | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Han Yun | ||
| 2017 | Lord of Shanghai | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Xiao Yuegui | |
| Lost in the Moonlight | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Jie Zi | ||
| Explosion | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Xiao Hong | ||
| 2018 | Justice in Northwest | Script error: No such module "Lang". | Gao Qiao | |
| The Trough | ||||
| 2019 | Fox Hunting |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4th Deauville Asian Film Festival | Best Actress | Lunar Eclipse |
| 2003 | 23rd Golden Rooster Awards | Best Actress | Jingzhe |
| 2004 | 19th Paris International Film Festival | Best Actress | |
| 11th Beijing College Student Film Festival | |||
| 2005 | 10th Golden Phoenix Awards[24] | Society Award | |
| 2007 | 43rd Chicago International Film Festival | Best Actress | Tuya's Marriage |
| 2008 | 8th Chinese Film Media Awards | Best Actress | |
| 15th Beijing College Student Film Festival | Students' Choice Award for Favorite Actress | Deadly Delicious |
Notes and references
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- ↑ Yu Nan at douban.com
- ↑ Yu Nan at chinesemov.com
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External links
- Template:Trim/ Yu Nan at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Yu Nan at the Chinese Movie database
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